[0.25.0] Part Search 1.3.0 (cont.)

[Banbury]

Part Search 1.3.0

Part Search adds a quick search window to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and the Space Plane Hangar (SPH). When entering text in the search window, the addon searches for (partial) matches in the names and descriptions of vehicle parts. The parts window is filtered dynamically to only contain the matching parts. Finding those elusive landing gears is now just a matter of a few key presses.

Download

Kerbal Stuff

Github

Changes

1.3.0 (11.10.14)

• Now using PartListFilter for better compatibility with other mods.
  
• Fix for duplicated toolbar button.
  
• Nicer icon by CaptRobau.
  
• Category buttons are hidden when '∞' button is pressed.
  
• Part List is reset to first page when search text is changed.
  
• Text box gets focus when the search window is opened.
  

1.2.0 (03.10.14)

• GUI is now inside a window
  
• Window can be toggled via toolbar
  
• Support for KSP-AVC
  

Installation

Copy all the files to the GameData directory in your KSP installation.

Usage

After successful installation the the toolbars in the VAB and SPH display a new button named 'Find'. This button will toggle the search window on and off.

The search window can be moved around freely. The addon remembers the last position of the window. The window contains a text field and two buttons. Clicking in the text field allows entering text. While typing the part window displays only the parts matching the search term. For example typing 'tank' will show all parts whose name or description contain the string tank (this includes partial matches).

The button marked 'C' clears the contents of the textfield.

When the '∞' button is clicked searches include all parts in all categories. Otherwise only the current category is searched. The category buttons will be hidden until the button is clicked again or the search window is closed.

Notes

• If a search is started, while the part window is not on the first page, the search results might not be visible. Use the 'Previous Page' button to switch to the first page.
  
• If the search window is not visible when clicking the find button, try deleting the file PartSearch\PluginData\PartSearch\config.xml. This resets the window position. The game must be restarted to see the effect.
  
• Part Search might interfere with other addons, that manipulate the part window. Thanks to a hint by BlackNecro the latest version is now using PartListFilter, which should help with compatibility.
  

Thanks

• CaptRobau for the pretty toolbar icon
  
• BlackNecro for the hint with the PartListFilter
  

This mod was originally written by IcculusC.

Edited October 11, 2014 by Banbury
Update for KSP 0.25

[CaptRobau]

Saw the simple toolbar icon you were using and had some spare time, so I made a more visually appealing one for you to use. A credit somewhere is all that's needed for that, if you want to use it of course.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23500849/tbbutton.png

[Banbury]

Saw the simple toolbar icon you were using and had some spare time, so I made a more visually appealing one for you to use. A credit somewhere is all that's needed for that, if you want to use it of course.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23500849/tbbutton.png

Really Nice! Thanks!

I will use it with the next release.

And I'll add your name to the license text. But I'd need some license to fit with the MIT code. Creative Commons maybe?

[CaptRobau]

Glad you like it. The popular Share-A-Like Creative Commons always works for me.

[Banbury]

Glad you like it. The popular Share-A-Like Creative Commons always works for me.

Works for me.

I'm not sure, when I'll make a new version. I want to see first, if it has any issues - esp. with 0.25.

[CaptRobau]

Makes sense. I have a suggestion, btw. Sometimes the description or name of a part doesn't contain the words it's most commonly associated with. A lot of the solar panels for example don't have the word solar in them, even though people instinctively would want to search using that term. Same goes for 'ladder' for the Mobility Enhancers, nuclear for the LV-N and so on. My suggestion would be to have a simple tag module, which adds a term that Part Search could then look for. Would something like that be possible?

[Banbury]

Makes sense. I have a suggestion, btw. Sometimes the description or name of a part doesn't contain the words it's most commonly associated with. A lot of the solar panels for example don't have the word solar in them, even though people instinctively would want to search using that term. Same goes for 'ladder' for the Mobility Enhancers, nuclear for the LV-N and so on. My suggestion would be to have a simple tag module, which adds a term that Part Search could then look for. Would something like that be possible?

Possible? Everything's possible. The programming wouldn't be the hard part. Maintaining the tags would be a lot of continuous work, especially with mods. If anyone volunteers to keep the tags updated, then I'll add the feature.

[CaptRobau]

I can do a Module Manager config for stock, but I think mods can just maintain that on their own. They often do with other mods, like LifeSupport, FAR, etc.

[Banbury]

I can do a Module Manager config for stock, but I think mods can just maintain that on their own. They often do with other mods, like LifeSupport, FAR, etc.

I don't think Part Search has enough traction to make modders support it.

[BlackNecro]

Nice compact little widget, if you want to make sure it works with other mods that work with the partlist you should use the ExcludeFilters provided by the EditorPartList, instead of messing with the PartList directly.

private bool MyFilterFunction(AvailablePart part)
{
    return someCustomPartIsVisibleFunction(part)
}

EditorPartListFilter PartFilter = new EditorPartListFilter("MyPartFilter", MyFilterFunction);
EditorPartList.Instance.ExcludeFilters.AddFilter(PartFilter);

[Banbury]

Nice compact little widget, if you want to make sure it works with other mods that work with the partlist you should use the ExcludeFilters provided by the EditorPartList, instead of messing with the PartList directly.

Thanks for pointing that out. That's a good reason for another version.

I see, that PartCatalog has support for tags. Do mod authors use them?

[Banbury]

I have updated Part Search to version 1.3.0. Get it from Kerbal Stuff.

[Nori]

Is there anyway to have a key toggle this? For instance I'm sure most people are used to using Crtl+F to find thing in a file explorer.

[Banbury]

I don't like the hardcoded keyboard shortcuts mods currently use. Too much risk for conflicts. I'm currently looking into a solution for key bindings for mods. I have made a good start, but it's a lot of work.

[Nori]

I don't like the hardcoded keyboard shortcuts mods currently use. Too much risk for conflicts. I'm currently looking into a solution for key bindings for mods. I have made a good start, but it's a lot of work.

Yeah I'm not a fan of that either. A config file or something would be nice.

[Kolago]

Does this mod work in 0.90?

[Borisbee]

Doesn't appear so.

[LOG 21:23:57.219] Load(Assembly): PartSearch/PartSearch
[LOG 21:23:57.220] AssemblyLoader: Loading assembly at C:\Users\Borisbee\Desktop\Kerbal Space Program .90\GameData\PartSearch\PartSearch.dll
[LOG 21:23:57.224] AssemblyLoader: Loading assemblies
[ERR 21:23:57.279] AssemblyLoader: Exception loading 'PartSearch': System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: The classes in the module cannot be loaded.
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.Assembly:GetTypes (bool)
  at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at AssemblyLoader.LoadAssemblies () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 

Additional information about this exception:

 System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'PartSearch.PSBehaviour' from assembly 'PartSearch, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.

[Kolago]

I have tried to recompile. But EditorPartListFilter method doesn't work anymore. No clue whats going on.